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SPRING BED.

Patented Aug. 2s., 188,7.

UNITED STATES JOHN H. BATTOHEE, OE NEW YOEK,

OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PATENT EEIOE.

ASSIGNOR TO WALTER J. GAMBELL,

SPRING-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,90-5, dated August23, 1887.

Application tiled August 13, 1886. Serial No. 210,799, (No model.)

To all whom ifm/ay concern,.-

Beit known that I, J OHN H. BATTOHER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New 4bottoms in whichawoven-wire bottom or bottom of analogous'fabricis employed. It is aknown fact that one great ditticulty in and objection to bed-bottoms ofthis fabric is the tendency of such fabric to become misshapen and tofinally permanently retain such misshapen condition. Now, the object ofthis invention is to remedythis evil; and to this end the inventionconsists in a bed-bottom of woven wire or analogous fabric supportedcen; trally by upholsterers springs, and stayed laterally by a series ofvertical springs arranged below its level between the end rails, andconnected at'top to the side ofthe fabric, and rigidly secured at theirends to the frame, so that as weight is applied to the bed- 'bottom t-heside springs will cant over and becomepractically part of thebed-bottom, and thus prevent it from becoming permanently misshapen,while at the same time they add strength and permanence to thebed-bottom without in the least detracting from its ileKiconnected, asby corner irons, c.

bility.

In the accompanyingdrawings, in the several gures of which. like partsare similarly designated, Figure lis a plan view illustrating myinvention, the woven-wire fabric being 4shown only in part. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of one corner. Fig. 8 is a plan view of one cor.

ner, showing the side springs deflected, as they pressure.

is composed of woven wirev or other analogous bed-bottom fabric securedto the end rails in any suitable manner. This bottom fis of less widththan the frame. Parallel with and just above the upper edges of the siderails are arranged a series of interlocking coiled springs or coils ofwire, g. I have shown three such interlocking coils,- arranged upon eachside of the frame and secured, as by staples h, (see Fig. 4,) underneaththe corner irons, c; but I do not limit my invention to any particulardevice or devices for retaining the said coils or springs in positionabove the side rails. I prefer that these side coils be of somewhatgreaterl resistance or strength than the coils of the bed-bottom properwhen said bottom is made of woven wire. These side coils are connectedby their upper coils to the side coils of the bottom proper by means ofany suitable fastening-links, i, at intervals along the sides of thebottom proper.

It will be noticed that the bottom proper is suspended by its ends fromthe end rails, and normally stands above and between the side coils, sothat when weight is applied to the bottom the bottom tends to sinkbetween the side coils, and if the weight is sufficient to depress itthat far the pressure is transmitted through the links to the sidecoils,which then receive a cant inward toward the bottom proper, asindicated by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 3, thus making the sidecoils a part of the bottom proper when under such In this way thetendency of the bottom to assume a set is overcome and the bed ispreserved in its normal shape, for as soon as the weight is removed thebottom proper and the coils will resume their normal positions. Ofcourse it will be understood that the upholsterers7 springs esubservetheir usual function in this arrangement of supporting the center of thebedbottom,where the greatest weight usually falls, and these springsalso assist in retaining the bedbottom in its proper shape.

I am aware that itis old to insert a 'wire in the edge of the woven-wirefabric on each side of the bed, or instead of a wire to use a rod in ICGventing the mattress from being narrowed at the middle, and tocounteract the strain of the spirals of the webbing upon the brackets.

I am also aware that it is quite common to provide the longitudinaledges of Woven-wire mattresses with a double, triple, or multiple coil,so as to increase the stiffness or reenforce the strength of themattress at those points.

What I claim is- 1. A bed-bottom consisting of a frame, abottom properof woven wire or analogous fabric secured only by its ends to the frame,and only to the end rails of such frame, series of side coils or springswholly separate in construction from the bottom proper and secured bytheir ends to the frame and arranged above and in the saine verticalplane as the side rails, and links i, for connecting the side coils andbottom proper and springs c, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a bed-bottom of woven wire or analogous fabrie,side coils, g,arranged parallel with and above and in the same vertical plane with thcside rails and secured to the frame by their ends only, and a bottomproper arranged above z5 said side coils and connected therewith bylinks, but otherwise wholly independent of said coils, whereby7 asweight'is applied to the bottom proper, said bottom will sink betweenthe said side coils, and in sinking draw 3o or cant said side coils overtoward the said bottom, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of August,A.D. 1886.

JOHN H. BATTCHER.

XVitnesses:

ELIrHALE'r C. SMITH, J r., THORNE S. WALLING.

